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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It would require thousands if not tens of thousands of Google semployees coordinating in utter secrecy

This is usually used for things like the Moon Landing, where so many folks worked for NASA to make it entirely impossible that the landing was faked.

But it doesn't really apply here. We know for example that NSA backdoors exist in Windows. Were those a concerted effort by MS employees? Does everyone working on the project have access to every part of the code?

It just isn't how development works at this scale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok but no one is arguing Windows is encrypted. Google is specifically stating, in a way that could get them sued for shitloads of money, that their messaging protocol is E2EE. They have explicitly described how it is E2EE. Google can be a bad company while still doing this thing within the bounds we all understand. For example, just because the chat can't be backdoored doesn't mean the device can't be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Telegram has its supposedly E2EE protocol which isn't used by most of Telegram users, but also there have been a few questionable traits found in it.

Google is trusted a bit more than Pavel Durov, but it can well do a similar thing.

And yes, Android is a much larger heap of hay where they can hide a needle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This is usually used for things like the Moon Landing, where so many folks worked for NASA to make it entirely impossible that the landing was faked.

I think it's also confirmed by radio transmissions from the Moon received in real time right then by USSR and other countries.